I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicagoago join me as i share how the genre

began their social impact and why these stories endure listen wherever you get your podcast

from wb easy chicago this is nerd ad i'm greta john We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, Omkari Williams tells us about her handy little book called micro activism. It's all about the idea that you can create positive change, even if you can't solve world hunger. We get sucked into this idea that if we're not doing huge things, if our

actions aren't having an enormous global impact, that somehow they don't matter. And that is so

far from the truth. But first, it's our chance to sit back and unwind from the week that was

and look ahead to the year that will be with two excellent humans with us this week.

We have the co-hosts of Fantai. They are also the co-authors of historically Black phrases.

Travelle Anderson and Jared Hill. Traybell, of course, is also the author of the Black Transcultural History.

We see each other.

Hi, you two.

Hello, hello.

Hi.

Thanks for having us back.

Thanks for coming on.

Okay.

So it is somehow already December.

Everybody's coming out with all their best of your reflections.

We've got all the Spotify wrapped stuff happening this week.

And of course, people are also looking ahead to 2024.

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